Vocal - It's not Me, it's You
We need to talk!
We love you Vocal, but it sure is maddening here these days.
This platform is made for writing and these days these words are walking/write over us...and you.
Oh, Lordy...when trying to get on this vocal place, we need a three-step authentication check to get on
I write this to help you identify the problems...not to rant and rave...Well...Mostly, that is true.
I am not even sure that I am Human these days
It's so very hard to tell
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Everything is Glitching - to be or not to be bots
are spreading confusion at an all time high
Pardon my French...But
What the actual hell!
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Furthermore, where have all the embedded pics gone
they have disappeared from long submitted stories
and refuse to be attached to new stories
Perfectly legit pics have disappeared.
What is up with the:
"Unable to save story - unexpected token - Justin, well it's really Jason, Json or something, fetch something blah blah etc.). Not to mention the inability to log in. I know it is a temporary problem...still
I have to sign in 100 times. But first, I have to open a second window - get to be told that I am not a robot - then authenticated - then return to the first window, to either sign in or get my story saved, published or rejected again.
I am in a nightmare realm...totally lost my sense of humor
I know, I know...You are working for the greater good.
I need to exercise patience...and stop complainin'
You probably have sleepless nights
Working for our ungrateful (expletive) carcasses
We very much appreciate it.
But things are getting right complicated
And not in a ha, ha kind of way.
We love your hard work and dedication
Things are getting more crazy media wise...
EVERYWHERE!
and the evil people are preeeetty relentless
scary wicked buggers they are
requiring you to work five times as hard to thwart them
sometimes you feel like throwing in the towel
that's only human...we understand
Don't do that...Please. I would sue
For breach of my happiness
hahahahahahahah.....but seriously
~~~~~I am writing this to cheer you all up
to cheer you on - It may not sound like it
But I am HELPING. Arghhhh!
We know it hurts you as much as it does us.
Let's get Tiffanor and Sheenora on the job
Find them Here
That will teach them bots a thing or two
Soooo! While Contemplating
whether to publish this or not. So trite, banal and petty.
But, kind of fun,
And I need my ha, ha mojo back
So, what the heck!
Here goes.
Save and Publish....aaaaand here comes Justin/Jason/Json...unable to fetch, because da da da yadda yadda.
I am opening a new window...It proved I am not a robot
I hop back to the first window
And I am published quite quickly.
Very weird indeed.
Have a great day all who read here.
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Novel Allen
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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Oh no. I've faced the sign in issues too, but didn't know there were other glitches. Glitch or not, congrats on making it to the leaderboard!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
I 🧡'd this! It looks like your humor is in tact to me No No! 😁 Lol
Feel good to have all the frustrations poured out, right? A fun piece, love it!
You’re funny! I’ve barely been in so only have noticed to do the authenticate thing sometimes. I laughed at this! Me too “I am not even sure that I am Human these days”. 😅😂 I hope the issues will get sorted soon.
Hahahahahahahaha I didn't expect you to call me and Tiffy. We'll try our best 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rant not rant is quite right. Yep, been a pain in the u-know-what lately. As MC says, having to prove our humanity is becoming old, but probably nec. But we just have to grin and bear it for now. Truth hurts.
I'm so tired of proving my humanity every 30 minutes here lately.
I am somewhat new here and was hoping the issues that I've experiencing were new and temporary. Have they been happening long? I loved your little rant/not-rant. It's all quite frustrating!
Oh I feel your pain. This was a polite rant. I could not embed anything. So I had to erase some of my authors note, the bit that said I was going to embed something, I gave up. I went ahead and publish, then it disappeared only to show up in the challenge sometime later. I tried not to pull my hair out. The unable to save JSON. Yep. I've seen it too. I got tired of its aggressive red. You seem to have gotten your haha mojo back. I am glad you ended up publishing this in the end. Well... After opening another window. It was a fun read. 🤗❤️
Days like this are good for catching up on other people's stories. But I do understand and relate to your frustration, Novel.
Well said, I don't think I've made any friends with my piece on the subject
Well said, Novel! The frustration is real! I especially liked this: "I am not even sure that I am Human these days." lol Thanks for voicing our frustration. Sincerely, Rob(ot)
Someday it's going to ask me to authenticate myself and suggest that I smile more. Maybe that will prove I'm not a bot? Maybe not.
It must be so hard trying to reduce the bombardment of AI and bot accounts, I’m not surprised it’s come at a cost of convenience for real users. But I 100% feel your pain #imprettysureimnotarobotbutmaybeiam 😭
I feel your frustration lol. The last few days on Vocal have been very annoying! I published a poem 8 hours ago and it's only just been approved now.